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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






2. Feeling through fingertips






3. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






4. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






5. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






6. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






7. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






8. A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and that may include consonants that precede or follow that vowel. Syllables are units of sound made by one impulse of voice.






9. Given normal vision - the ability to recognize and interpret information taken in with the eye.






10. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






11. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






12. A letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different that the base word or root.






13. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






14. Supported only by "qualitative research" instead of quantitative research - Teaches "whole words" in word families - Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds






15. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






16. Ability to think reason and solve problems. Skills are usually measured by an individual test of intelligence/IQ test. Requires being able to generalize from past experience and use that knowledge to respond to new situations.






17. State Law. Requires testing - Requires that students enrolled in public schools be tested for dyslexia. - Requires treatment (teaching)






18. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






19. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






20. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






21. A score that describes student performance in terms of the statistical performance of an average student at a given grade level. Ranges from K.0 to 12.9 Are not a dependable representation of progress






22. A type of derived score such that the distribution of these scores for a specified population has convenient known values for the mean and standard deviation.






23. Final stable syllable

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24. A significant unit of visual shape. We use the visual shape as to cover not only writing - but also any other shape perceived by the eye which is a visible representation of a unit of speech. A single graphic letter or letter cluster which represents






25. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






26. Provide different ways for kids to take in information or communicate their knowledge back to you. The changes do not alter or lower the standards or expectations of a subject or a test.






27. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






28. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






29. Multisensory Structured Language






30. State Board of Eduation






31. Selective focus on what is important while screening out distractions.






32. Screening test. Elementary age only. Asks test taker to name the letters of the alphabet






33. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships

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34. Words that are able to be broken apart by the position of the vowels and consonants in order to pronounce.






35. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






36. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






37. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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38. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






39. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






40. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






41. Understanding of the internal linguistic structure of words






42. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.






43. Whole body learning






44. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






45. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






46. Open syllable






47. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






48. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






49. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






50. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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